Classical Japanese Cinema Revisited 1st Edition Catherine Russell by Catherine Russell 9781441116819, 1441116818 instant download after payment.

Catherine Russell's highly accessible book approaches Japanese cinema as an industry closely modeled on Hollywood, focusing on the classical period - those years in which the studio system dominated all film production in Japan, from roughly 1930 to 1960.

Respectful & thoroughly informed about the aesthetics & critical values of the Japanese canon, Russell is also critical of some of its ideological tendencies, & her analyses provide new insights on class & gender dynamics. Russell locates Japanese cinema within a global system of reception, & she highlights the importance of the industrial production context of these films.

Including studies of landmark films by Ozu, Kurosawa & other directors, this book provides a perfect introduction to a crucial & often misunderstood area of Japanese cultural output. With a critical approach that highlights the "everydayness" of Japanese studio-era cinema, Catherine Russell demystifies the canon of great Japanese cinema, treating it with fewer auteurist & Orientalist assumptions than many other scholars & critics.